Resembling or characteristic of powder in texture.
‘when the package was opened, a powdery white substance fell out’
‘It was great snow, the fine powdery kind that glitters in the sunlight.’
‘Huge gusting winds, roaring up off the cliff face of the Boomerang Range, blasted billows of fine powdery snow high into the air like a tormented geyser.’
‘In 1947 snow of a dry powdery consistency commenced to fall in the first week of February and continued intermittently for several days.’
‘One of the characteristics of seborrheic dermatitis is dandruff, characterized by a fine, powdery white scale on the scalp.’
‘If it is a powdery, granular material, it will be removed with the vacuum.’